oh and if you have a colony of ants, it means that they have found a viable food source and are feeding off of something in your grow area. im not sure if its necessarily a horrible thing, just looks bad and could lead to other problems... just try and get rid of em.
they can be the same strain but express completely different traits. It's just like you and your siblings are the same "strain" but yall arent completely the same....
and another thing, phenotypes can be understood simply by looking at multiple sibling families.
some children are tall and express some features of the mother, while others are shorter and express some features of the father (irrespectively)
these same children (phenotypes) will also have...
yeah just let em do their thing bro.
i would turn the cycle to 18 on/ 6 off and see how they respond.. if the response is positive, let them enjoy the 18/6 for about a week and throw them into 12/12.
they look killer either way, dont be so critical ;)